Nagoya, Aichi HARMAN International

About The Role
As an Associate Program Manager, you will be responsible for organizing and executing product development tasks. You will work in a cross-functional role planning, communicating, team building, and executing a development plan to Harman and customer requirements.

Your Team
This position has direct responsibility for management of program execution and customer interface. The position has indirect responsibility for all Team-1/Team-2 functions belonging to the program assigned.

What You Will Do

  • Manage single or multiple audio system (system, speaker, and/or amplifier) program teams, requiring both applications and international development engineering.
  • Define tasks to be performed by the cross-functional team in developing systems. Use a task list to create a work breakdown structure. Use work breakdown structure to establish program schedule.
  • Follow corporate product development (or applications) process.
  • Ensure the compliance of team members.
  • Ensure prompt decision-making is executed by promoting consensus decisions, intervening when consensus decision-making fails, and making unilateral decisions in the case of a deadlock.
  • Approve requirements and technical solutions for meeting requirements for all development products.
  • Establish and manage program budget.
  • Work with Team-1 members to set and meet the system cost target.
  • Set team goals for timeliness, customer issues, and quality. Lead team to meet goals.
  • Interact with all Team-1 functions: design engineering, manufacturing, quality, Cybersecurity, compliance, and sales.
  • Negotiate resource allocations from functional managers. When a resource conflict occurs, negotiate a solution with functional managers and other program managers.
  • Serve as a lead program interface with the customer.
  • Identify and drive program issues at the team level. If resolutions require management intervention, escalate to appropriate management personnel with proposed alternatives.
  • Coordinate and oversee the ordering of prototype and production tooling.
  • Audit task completion and report major deviations from plan to appropriate management.
  • Works independently, receives minimal guidance.
  • Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

What You Need

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
  • 3+ years overall experience. 1+ years global team experience included.
  • 1+ years related experience in program management, sales, quality, design, engineering management, process engineering, manufacturing engineering, or equivalent relevant industry experience will be considered.
  • Project Planning, problem-solving, multi-tasking, project management skills.
  • Technical knowledge of the Audio systems and Automotive Electronics.
  • Understanding of embedded software in audio electronics.
  • In-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in Program Management discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines.
  • Experience working with Japanese OEMs.
  • Speaking/Writing in Japanese/English

What Is Nice To Have

  • PMP certification.
  • Master's degree in engineering or MBA.
  • Background in Automotive Electronics and Audio systems.

What Makes You Eligible

  • Be willing to travel up to 10% domestic and international travel and occasionally travel to the customer location and HARMAN Plants.
  • Be willing to work in an office in Nagoya, Aichi.
  • Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment.

What We Offer

  • Access to employee discounts on world-class HARMAN/Samsung products (JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG, etc.).
  • Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University's business and leadership academies
  • Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work-life integration and collaboration in a global environment.
  • An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.
  • "Be Brilliant" employee recognition and rewards program.


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